When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 625

chewed my lips subconsciously, feeling awkward under her stare.

I recollected myself and replied to Ashton, “I’ll blow-dry it in a bit.” I usually avoided the hairdryer except during winter, as it was bad for my hair quality.

Ashton knitted his brows as he stared at me somewhat sternly. Then, he turned to Rachel and said, “Put the Marketing Department in charge of promoting the AI. You can settle the rest with Joseph.”

Rachel frowned as she took a covert glance at me. “Mr. Fuller, we need you to review all these materials personally before we can—”

“You may leave now,” Ashton cut her off before looking at me out of the corner of his eye. He waved me over. “Come here!”

I walked towards him. Rachel glared at me darkly, probably angered by my distraction.

She left in a fit of irritation.

Ashton embraced me as he coaxed, “If you don’t blow-dry your hair, you’ll catch a cold.”

As he was talking, he took the towel in my hand and began patting my hair dry.

I nodded in response and pretended to look at my nails. Hmm, they’re getting a bit long. I should cut them soon.

His gentle stare was starting to burn a hole in the side of my head. I turned to face him and his magnetic gaze.

“Is there something on my face?” Instinctively, I lifted my hand towards my face. Rubbing at the possibly non-existent stains, my uncertainty grew.

He burst into laughter as a hint of humor flashed across his eyes.

to be holding back his laughter as he

asked, “Are we

anything you’d

“Anything’s fine!”

agreement, though he didn’t specify what we were going to

the meeting with the people from Granatano, Ashton made sure to dry my hair

of Joseph’s anxiety. Instead, he had Joseph bring over a set of clothes for me

both a sense of helplessness and poignancy in

office to my shock. I

and appeared a bit put out before placing some

rush to leave. Instead, she stopped in front of me as

at her directly. “Ms. Zimmer, do you have something

anything but merely sat down in front of me. She only spoke once we were eye-to-eye. “Mr. Fuller’s been

my brows at her but didn’t

smirked and tossed out her next question nonchalantly.

can just speak directly, you know.” I wasn’t well-versed in the art of dallying with awkward

been working together till late every day. Sometimes we’re so busy we even forget to take dinner. Luckily Mr. Campbell is always so attentive and comes by to

bared her claws. “Scarlett, you’re in a far too different world from him. He needs someone who can keep up

at her, the lipstick mark on the

wasn’t angry and merely replied indifferently, “I’ve always believed that courtesy and elegance are values that every mother passes

at me, infuriated by the blow I’d taken

sure Ashton and I share the same thoughts when it comes to the other aspects

her brows in

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